Shark-Liver Substance May Slow Growth Of Brain Tumors
...in Pharmaceuticals, which processes squalamine and funded the studies. Hopkins scientists added squalamine, a hormone-like chemical concentrated in the liver of the dogfish shark, and a growth factor to lab dishes containing central nervous system blood vessel cells from cows and squalamine alone to lab dis...Chemists Develop Probe To Detect Changes In Imaging Agents Inside Body
...ot carry the same radioactiverisk. The research is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy....Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
...ciate professor of medicine. Results of the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will be pres... says Dobs, the lead author. Results of the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and Watson Pharmaceuticals, will be presented June 12 at the In...Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...man says, 117,000 people are enrolled in federally funded methadone management programs at an annual cost to the taxpayer of $4,500 per person. In addition to Grossman and Rhodes, other participants in this research are Glenn J. Lesser, M.D., Kam W. Leong, Ph.D., Hungnan Lo, Ph.D., and Susan L. Eller....Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...ased at Hershey's Center for Biostatistics.ACRN is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The results of the study were reported in the article, "Comparisonof Regularly Scheduled with As-Needed Use of Albuterol in Mild Asthma,"in the September 19 issue of the New England Journal of ...Scientists Produce New Anti-Malarial Compound
...cials are increasingly concerned. The research was funded by a three-year grant, totaling $740,969,from the National Institutes of Health . That grant was recentlyrenewed by NIH for another four years. Also involved in the workare Xueliang Tao, a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry; Jared N.Cumming, a chemist...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...pared for theSocial Security Administration, which funded the study. They said that eachyear of age increase in the retirement age decreases payments for a yearand increases revenues for a year. To come up with their findings, Manton and Tolley studied health and mortalitydata from several National Long Te...Fertilization Protein Structure To AID in Leukemia Treatment
...ision of molecular and cellular biosciences, which funded Stout's research. The Scripps researchers hope that drugs targeted toward the cavity in CD38 could be used to alter signal transmission and allow the immune system to eliminate leukemia cells....A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...ncommunications between satellites. The work, funded by the University and the U.S. Air Force's Phillips Laboratory, which employs Marciante, waspublished in the July 29 issue of Applied Physics Letters . Agrawal and Marciante are now considering corporatepartners to help build the new laser....UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...he UW andSiemens during the collaboration. Siemens funded the UW research with $1million and holds an exclusive license to the UW core technology. "This is asuperb example of how industrial and university partners can work togetherto develop technologies for the needs of tomorrow," said Yongmin Kim. "Itwas ...Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...ming effect, and mom is calming." The research was funded through grants from the NationalInstitute of Child Health and Human Development and the March ofDimes Foundation....Drug And Radiation Treatment May Shrink Pancreatic And Gastric Tumors
...ofovarian, breast and lung cancer. The study was funded partially by a grant from the National Institutes ofHealth. Safran and colleagues recently presented their findings to researchersat Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York and MD Anderson Cancer Centerin Houston. Further clinical studies of th...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
...er and Stephen J. Demichele of RossProducts, which funded both projects.......e operating room. The Case Western group, funded in part by a $736,000 Whitaker Foundation grant, is apparently the first to use an MRI-guided radio-frequency probe to destroy abdominal tumors. "A handful of groups have looked at radio-frequency ablation for tumors," Lewin said. "For the m...Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
...0, the N.C. Statewide Infection Control Program is funded by the state and offers consulting services to N.C. hospitals and other health-care facilities and educational programs. The staff also include Drs. William Rutala, director, and Dr. David Weber, both professors at the School of Medicine, and Eva Clo...Antimicrobial "Bug Spray" Found In Human Lung Cells
...ady knew that CF disrupts it," says Ko. In a study funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Ko exposed two batches of lung cells, one from a normal patient and one from a CF patient, to Pseudomonas aeruginosa , a bacterium that cause...Study Injects New Interest In How Vaccines Work
...d with Hem to develop the adjuvants. The study was funded by the Purdue University Research Foundation....Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
...e that produces the recombinant drug. The work was funded by a combinationof private contributions, foundation grants, and industrial support fromSynpac Pharmaceuticals Ltd. in the United Kingdom. If the enzyme replacement therapy proves successful and gains FDA approval,Synpac will continue to manufacture......cted areas around Michigan throughout October, was funded by proceeds from the state tobacco tax. The highly interactive system is the first health-related project of its kind in the nation. The Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk Project calls for about 50 computers---housed in kiosks similar to those used...... to their ownpatients and practices. The federally funded workshop is being planned forSpring 1998. "Today's medical students are learning to speak the new language ofhealth care, but many doctors and nurses practicing out in the communityreceived little exposure to the statistics and clinical evalu...